I was writing a blog the other day for eHarmonyUK with my midlife dating expert hat on. I was writing about authenticity. Yes, it’s sadly become one of those clichéd words along with gratitude and mindfulness. But you know me and know that I’m not using it because it’s the latest buzz word. Being authentic…
How many times do you catch yourself wondering off into the future with your thoughts? I’m thinking along the lines of the difficult conversation you have to have, the worry about a parent who’s sick, the arguments that have become a regular feature of your relationship? We tend not to do this with the good…
Rushing around has become a way of life for many of us. We take more and more on, we have our blackberry/iPhone on us at all times, we run from one appointment to the next, we eat standing up, we yell ‘hurry up’ to the children in the morning and cannot survive without our multiple…
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend. When we choose to focus and be grateful for the abundance that’s present – in love, health, family, friends, work and things that bring us pleasure – the wasteland of illusion falls away and…
Why is it that for most of us it’s not until a crisis occurs that we make changes to our lives? Do we honestly believe we are Peter Pan living in Never Never Land? Why do we never face our mortality until we’re looking at it face to face or we live with someone who…
If you pay much attention to the media then you’d be absolutely right to think that dating in midlife is something to steer well clear of, that it’s something to be ignored and avoided at all costs. Not a week goes by without some new midlife dating calamity hitting the weekend papers or online blogs.…
Saturday evening I sat at my dining room table surrounded by some extraordinary women. If asked none would consider themselves to be extraordinary, they would say that they are simply ordinary women getting on with their fairly ordinary lives. Yet, put a group of ordinary women together and magic happens. Ordinary becomes extraordinary. These women…
Yes, it’s that time of year and the internet is filled with people beginning to talk about their New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t know about you but my heart sinks. I’ve ALWAYS struggled with making and keeping resolutions. I’ve always felt that I’m setting myself up to fail each and every year. I’ve never felt…
Here’s a sneak peak at the introduction to my upcoming book on conscious parenting – 40 Words of Wisdom for my 24 year old: a parenting manifesto. Sign up for my Monday Morning food for thought emails and you’ll be the first to hear about publication – http://themidlifecoach.com/monday-morning-signup/
It’s a simple question really isn’t it and I’m curious to know your response. You see I struggle with it. I forget the small actions I need to make every day to make sure that I look after myself. I’m very good at taking care of others as I’m sure you are too. Watch this…